Conditioning holder



Jan. 16, 1968 J. E. L. CHUARD 3,363,755

CONDITIONING HOLDER Filed Nov. 26, 1965 ig.1 2 7 .5 H92- JEAN EMILELOUIS CHUARD ATTORNEYS INVENTDR United States Patent 3,363,755CONDITIONING HOLDER Jean Emile Louis Chuard, 17 Rue Rene Payot, Morteau,Doubs, France Filed Nov. 26, 1965, Ser. No. 509,924 Claims priority,application France, Dec. 4, 1964, 997,425, Patent 1,415,457 4 Claims.(Cl. 206-81)) The present invention relates to a holder for an object tobe conditioned or mounted, hereinafter referred to as a conditioningholder.

A conditioning or mounting holder according to the present invention isprotecting and mainly formed by a housing into which the object to beconditioned is inserted, the latter being held in the housing by meansof a retaining support plate, for security, fastened in the housing bymeans of brakeable tongues.

Preferably the housing is open at one side to permit insertion of theobject, and at its upper and lower ends has a centrally placed socketpositioned at right angles to said one open side.

The protection or locking of the conditioning or mounting holder isassured by the support plate which is secured at right angles in frontof the said one open side and having, for this purpose, two tonguesintended to be engaged in the sockets in the housing after first havingbeen coated with an adhesive or appropriate solvent. After thepaste-covered tongues have been inserted in the sockets, the tongues arepermanently locked in place.

To withdraw the object from the conditioning holder, it is sufficient tobreak the two tongues of the support plate by imparting a light twist tothe latter in one direction or the other.

In a modified form, the object to be conditioned may be enclosed withina container made of two parts, one engaging in the other, and eachhaving a socket in which the corresponding tongue of the said supportplate is inserted. The object may be a pocket lighter.

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way ofexample, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a View in perspective of a conditioning holder according tothe present invention;

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section through the housing of the conditioningholder of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the housing of FIG. 2 as seen from theright;

FIG. 4 is a view of the support plate and its tongues;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the conditioning holder of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modified form ofconditioning holder according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a view taken along the line a-a of FIG. 6 in the direction ofthe arrows;

FIGS. 8 and 9 are fragmentary elevational views showing modified formsof sockets for reception of the tongues of the support plate.

Referring to the drawings, an object C, which is to be conditioned, ispartly engaged in a housing 1 of preferably transparent plastic materialmolded for example, in the form of a V-shaped trough closed ofi at 2 atboth extremities, the object being held in by a central support plate 3which is fastened to the said housing, the housing having an open facewhich is substantially rectangular.

Each of the inner surfaces of the end pieces 2 of the housing 1 has acentrally-placed slot or socket 4, disposed at right angles to the openside 5 of housing 1.

The central support plate 3 assumes substantially the shape of a stirruphaving lateral branches 6 (FIG. 4) terminating in tongues 7 forengagement in the sockets 4 of the housing 1.

After insertion of the object C into the housing 1, the tongues 7 arecoated with glue or solvent and are then engaged and held in theircorresponding sockets 4.

When assembled, the object C cannot be withdrawn from the housing sinceit bears against an edge 8 of the plate 3.

The conditioning holder thus formed may be set to stand up on one of itsend pieces 2, resting against a short side of the plate 3, and may thusbe employed as a holding or display unit.

To remove the object C from the housing, the user must impart a twist inthe direction of the arrows F (FIG. 5) to the housing 1 and to the plate3 to shear off the tongues 7 flush with edges 5 of the sockets 5.

According to a modification of the present invention, shown in FIG. 6,for use if the object to be conditioned should be protected from thesurrounding atmosphere, the housing 1 is replaced by a closed preferablyhexagonal container in two parts 9 and 10 engaging in each other, andeach having a terminal socket 11 into which the tongues 12 (previouslycoated with adhesive) of a central support plate 13 analogous to theplate 3, are inserted.

FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrate the different modified forms of sockets 14allowing stripping of the two parts 9 and 10 forming the hermetic closedcontainer.

I claim:

1. In a display mounting device for holding an object, a hollow housinghaving an open face which is substantially rectangular, said housingbeing adapted to re ceive an object to be displayed, said housing beingprovided with two oppositely positioned slot sockets extendingperpendicular to said open face, and. a support plate having on one edgetwo projecting breakable tongues adapted to be glued, said sockets beingadapted to receive and retain said tongues and hold said plate inretaining engagement with said object.

2. A device according to claim 1, said housnig being in the form of aV-shaped trough.

3. A device according to claim 1, said housing being in the form of twotubular members each. having an open end and a closed end, said openends of said two tubular members being mutually tightly engageable, andconstituting a hermetically closed container for said object.

4. In a conditioning holder, in combination, a hollow housing havingsides and being open at one side, a support plate, at each end of thesaid plate a breakable tongue, said tongues having been coated withadhesive; and at each end of the said housing a centrally-placed socketformed in said housing end extending at right angles to the open side ofthe said housing for reception of one of said tongues.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,127,993 4/1964 Phipps 206-783,181,699 5/1965 Armentrout 20680 3,307,693 3/1967 Bittner 206-38 THERONE. CONDON, Primary Examiner. JAMES B. MARBERT, Examiner.

1. IN A DISPLAY MOUNTING DEVICE FOR HOLDING AN OBJECT, A HOLLOW HOUSINGHAVING AN OPEN FACE WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR, SAID HOUSINGBEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN OBJECT TO BE DISPLAYED, SAID HOUSING BEINGPROVIDED WITH TWO OPPOSITELY POSITIONED SLOT SOCKETS EXTENDINGPERPENDICULAR TO SAID OPEN FACE, AND A SUPPORT PLATE HAVING ON ONE EDGETWO PROJECTING BREAKABLE TONGUES